Visual culture
9 September 2008
The internet loves kittens
john l. walters
Elbow, Crusha and the communicative power of small furry animals
I thought I was going to be the warm-up man for Ian Anderson.
26 August 2008
Chalk and talk
john l. walters
‘A Recent History of Writing & Drawing’ at the ICA
It’s not an obvious design or art exhibition – more like an interactive playroom from the design museum of our dreams.
22 August 2008
Graphic design on the radio
Paul Davis reveals all on live radio
OK, it’s not exactly Desert Island Discs, but Graphic design on the radio, presented by Adrian Shaughnessy, is becoming something of an institution.
19 August 2008
Confessions of an awards juror
nick bell
Stop worrying about craft and seek the purpose of design, says Nick Bell
Despite being a British graphic designer (a species branded as ‘excessively mean’ by the editor of another design magazine) I really wanted to give a Black (gold) Pencil to some fellow (non-British) designers when I sat on the Book Design jury for the D&AD [Design and Art Direction] Awards earlier this year.
18 August 2008
A persuasive chancer
rick poynor
New Critique by Rick Poynor – exclusive to eyemagazine.com
What is it about the size and weight of the journal format that makes it seem so right just now?
15 August 2008
A party
the magazine department
To celebrate Eye’s independence, our latest issue, and the new Eye blog
A few pictures from the Eye party at Kemistry.
14 August 2008
Le Gun ‘sells out’
luke pendrell
But are they cut out for mainstream publishing success?
Above: D&AD guest finds someone to take home. (Who is this? let us know!) Photograph: Christine Donnier-Valentin.
7 August 2008
Propaganda on cheap paper
steven heller
In Eye no. 67, Steven Heller reviewed Paper Tigers (Chronicle) the Cushing and Tompkins book about Chinese posters from 1966-76, the period known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. You can read his review here, and see below for some images we didn’t have room to show in the published issue.
5 August 2008
A raid on sacred cows
mary ann bolger
The Táin demonstrates how design can contribute to a nation’s sense of itself
Graphic design heroes might be, as Martha Scotford noted, Western white men, but they’re a particular kind of Western, white, man: there are few Finns, Greeks or Irish in the canon. As a 1992 article in Graphis asked: ‘Where are the Paul O’Rands, the Milton McGlasers?’
2 August 2008
Good at needlework?
the research department
Stock seeks your views on the meaning of success for women designers
Jennifer Campbell-Colquhoun and Selina Swayne want to know what you think about graphic design and designers. Their project Stock aims ‘to take a snapshot